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Lakeway Residents Upset About Possible Location of Drug Rehab Center – KVUE

Drug Rehabilitation: Lakeway residents upset about possible location of drug rehab center – KVUE

Lakeway residents upset about possible location of drug rehab center
KVUE
The land across the street from Rosart's home is the proposed site of a Recovery Ways drug rehabilitation center — a high-end reintegration facility that offers 30, 60, and 90 day programs for drug and alcohol addicts coming out of detox programs.

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Drug Rehabilitation: Narconon Riverbend in Louisiana Honors Children of Alcoholics Week Helping … – Houston Chronicle

Narconon Riverbend in Louisiana Honors Children of Alcoholics Week Helping
Houston Chronicle
Narconon Riverbend in Louisiana, an alcohol and drug rehabilitation center, honors Children of Alcoholics Week as they help children of alcoholic parents recover from the addictive patterns they learned growing up “under the influence.

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Drug Rehabilitation Methods: Kevin Riordan: Christie’s Comment on Treating Drug Abuse Stirs Hope – Philadelphia Inquirer

Drug Rehabilitation Methods: Kevin Riordan: Christie’s comment on treating drug abuse stirs hope – Philadelphia Inquirer


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Kevin Riordan: Christie's comment on treating drug abuse stirs hope
Philadelphia Inquirer
"The disease of drug abuse" was the phrase the governor used in proposing mandatory addiction treatment in cases of nonviolent drug-related offenses. "The governor gets it," says Stephanie Loebs, vice president of treatment services at Seabrook House
Drug court expansion proposal ambitiousVineland Daily Journal

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Drug Rehabilitation Methods: Protests to cuts in mental health, addiction services – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Protests to cuts in mental health, addiction services
Sarasota Herald-Tribune
About 200 mental health and drug addiction case workers and advocates march in downtown Bradenton on Monday to protest a legislative proposal to cut more than $ 100 million in state funding for treatment programs. By Christopher O'Donnell BRADENTON – As

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Drug Rehabilitation Centers: Kevin Riordan: Christie’s Comment on Treating Drug Abuse Stirs Hope – Philadelphia Inquirer

Drug Rehabilitation Centers: Kevin Riordan: Christie’s comment on treating drug abuse stirs hope – Philadelphia Inquirer


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Kevin Riordan: Christie's comment on treating drug abuse stirs hope
Philadelphia Inquirer
"The disease of drug abuse" was the phrase the governor used in proposing mandatory addiction treatment in cases of nonviolent drug-related offenses. "The governor gets it," says Stephanie Loebs, vice president of treatment services at Seabrook House
Drug court expansion proposal ambitiousVineland Daily Journal

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Drug Rehabilitation Centers: Addiction-treatment center closes – Hi-Desert Star

Addiction-treatment center closes
Hi-Desert Star
A residential facility in Joshua Tree, Panorama Ranch has been helping people recover from addiction for 36 years. Recent funding cuts forced its closing. JOSHUA TREE — The Panorama Ranch residential treatment facility for substance abuse closed

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Drug Rehabilitation Centers: In Bradenton, 200 protest mental health cuts – Sarasota Herald-Tribune

Christie Wants Overhaul of Sentencing for Drugs – Dailyrecord.com

Drug Rehabilitation Methods: Christie wants overhaul of sentencing for drugs – Dailyrecord.com


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com
Christie wants overhaul of sentencing for drugs
Dailyrecord.com
The Republican governor says the change would save money — with the cost for a year of incarceration at $ 39000, compared with $ 12000 for drug treatment — and also provide low-level offenders “a second chance.” “For those people who have lost their
Kevin Riordan: Christie's comment on treating drug abuse stirs hopePhiladelphia Inquirer

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Drug Rehabilitation Methods: Lawmakers shouldn’t cut drug treatment programs – Daytona Beach News-Journal

Lawmakers shouldn't cut drug treatment programs
Daytona Beach News-Journal
In a state troubled by an epidemic of prescription-drug abuse, keeping funding stable for adult substance-abuse treatment was a wise move. It's the right strategy in 2012 too. Lawmakers should keep the budget ax away from the program.

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Drug Rehabilitation Statistics: With Drug Courts, NJ Could Be Tough and Smart on Crime – the Star-Ledger – NJ.com (Blog)

Drug Rehabilitation Statistics: With drug courts, NJ could be tough and smart on crime – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
With drug courts, NJ could be tough and smart on crime
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Peter G. Verniero We should treat, rather than incarcerate, nonviolent drug offenders. That's the straightforward policy behind so-called drug courts. In essence, a drug court is an intensive drug treatment program

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Drug Rehabilitation Statistics: According to Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center, Shake and … – SBWire (press release)

According to Mountainside Drug Rehab and Alcohol Treatment Center, Shake and
SBWire (press release)
Statistics show that most of these individuals don't have insurance and the average cost of treatment is $ 6000 daily. Their total overall costs are roughly 60% more than other burn patients. Unfortunately, many hospitals end up absorbing the costs of

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With Drug Courts, NJ Could Be Tough and Smart on Crime – the Star-Ledger – NJ.com (Blog)

Drug Rehabilitation Statistics: With drug courts, NJ could be tough and smart on crime – The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)


The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
With drug courts, NJ could be tough and smart on crime
The Star-Ledger – NJ.com (blog)
By Star-Ledger Guest Columnist By Peter G. Verniero We should treat, rather than incarcerate, nonviolent drug offenders. That's the straightforward policy behind so-called drug courts. In essence, a drug court is an intensive drug treatment program

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Drug Rehabilitation Statistics: Probation, not prison for 1000s? – The Citizen.com

Probation, not prison for 1000s?
The Citizen.com
A big change could be in store for Georgia's criminal justice system: a shift by diverting non-violent offenders away from prison and instead toward drug rehabilitation and other supervision programs such as probation. Some of the recommendations from